Once again, some of the masses are offended. Well, I say, “Welcome to life in the 21st Century,” where someone will always be offended about something for some reason at some time. But don’t include me in your “Sweeney” Todd moment of revenge for some offense or trauma you convinced yourself you’ve suffered at the […]
Mesa County is proud of how we’ve managed our local budget. We’ve kept spending in check, rebuilt our reserves since the Great Recession and honored the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) by refunding tens of millions of dollars back to the people who earned it. Just last December, we returned $11.5 million to Mesa County […]
Contracts. Impasse. Mediation. Oh my! We’ve all seen the headlines, the crowd of red shirts and the talking points about “fighting for teachers and students.” But as a teacher – and a former union member – I’m here to tell you: What’s happening with the Mesa Valley Education Association isn’t about students. It’s political theater, […]
Yes, our story last week about the failed zip line across the Colorado River, landing folks at Los Colonias Park and built by Bonsai, sure has caused a flood of conversation. And just like a flood that our fair city is praying against on its multi-million-dollar boondoggle “down by the river,” avoiding this waterboarding had […]
Montrose Water Factory sold only a small part of its business Montrose Water Factory co-owner Stewart Goforth called The Business Times to clarify that the transition letter emailed to The Business Times, which was used to write a June 11 Business Brief, was incomplete in its details about the business transaction between his company and […]
It’s probably the second most asked question we get next to, “How do I, or should I, do a press release?” For the record, there are two answers to the most-asked question are try Google and YES. You could also go to thebusinesstimes.com and search for the dozen or so times Phil Castle, my now-retired […]
I guess we’ll see how that headline gets conflagrated all out of whack, but I’m sure it will, given the information this column is about to reference came from Facebook threads. And as we all know, and Councilman (who should have resigned or been removed) Jason Nguyen took pains to remind us, nothing ever said […]
I was going to write another column about our misguided, unethical, agenda-driven city council, but then it occurred to me that I can always write one of those. And as my buddy Bruce said, “You only have a two-year survival anniversary column you can write once.” He’s so right. After all, if I try to […]
I know, another column about me and my feelings. But just what in the H-E double toothpicks did you expect? It’s my column, in my paper, and it’s gonna get printed, because I exert total power, control and the bucks that print The Business Times. Truth is: I just like to write my opinions on […]
But more important, you read what I wrote. And that’s not “self-aggrandizing” as one new fan declared in an email offering. It’s just a simple truth directly related to not what I write, but rather why I write. I do write in hopes people read it. But, again, most importantly, I write because I want […]